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The Revenant is now out on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, and we’ve been provided with one Blu-ray copy to give away. Also: not long now “Dreadfuls”, Penny Dreadful Season 3 premieres on May 1st and to celebrate the show’s third season, Showtime has launched a fan art contest. Read on for more information on that as well as The Harvesters Kickstarter, the short film Scythe, and a trailer for Betrothed.

The Revenant Blu-ray Contest – Prize Details: (1) Winner will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of The Revenant.

How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “The Revenant Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.

Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on April 25th. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States.

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Osiris Entertainment has snatched up distribution for Betrothed and plan a VOD release in July. Check out the official details below as well as the first look trailer.

From The Press Release

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets House of 1000 Corpses in a new sweat-inducing new horror jaunt from Jim Lane, director of Deadly Famous starring Mikayla Gibson, Bill Oberst Jr (Criminal Minds, Circus of the Dead), Trae Ireland (13/13/13), Omar Gooding (Barbershop), Reatha Grey (Chocolate City), Joey Bell, David Brown, Elizabeth Castillo, Jamie B.Cline, Adam Dunnells, and Bunny Gibson (Creepshow III).

A trip to the store turns into a surreal nightmare when a college student is kidnapped by a deranged, dysfunctional family. Now Audra West finds herself trapped in the middle of the desert, and betrothed to Adam, the youngest son of the murderous clan. As a determined detective conducts a frantic search,...

Betrothed – Early Details on Sweat-inducing Horror Jaunt

Osiris Entertainment has picked up Betrothed with a VOD release targeted for July. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets House of 1000 Corpses in a new sweat-inducing new horror jaunt from Jim Lane, director of Deadly Famous starring Mikayla Gibson, Bill Oberst Jr (Criminal Minds, Circus of the Dead), Trae Ireland (13/13/13), Omar Gooding (Barbershop), …

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Osiris Entertainment have announced they have picked up Betrothed for distribution, with a VOD release targeted for July.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre meets House of 1000 Corpses in a new sweat-inducing new horror jaunt from Jim Lane, director of Deadly Famous. starring Mikayla Gibson, Bill Oberst Jr (Criminal Minds, Circus of the Dead), Trae Ireland (13/13/13), Omar Gooding (Barbershop), Reatha Grey (Chocolate City), Joey Bell, David Brown, Elizabeth Castillo, Jamie B.Cline, Adam Dunnells, and Bunny Gibson (Creepshow III).

A trip to the store turns into a surreal nightmare when a college student is kidnapped by a deranged, dysfunctional family. Now Audra West finds herself trapped in the middle of the desert, and betrothed to Adam, the youngest son of the murderous clan. As a determined detective conducts a frantic search, Audra realizes the only way to survive is to escape. But even if she could get away, almost two...

It’s almost August and that means Netflix is about to give their content a refresh. Some of the notable titles leaving include: Family Ties: Season 1-7, Unbreakable, and Titanic. So if you haven’t seen some of these titles, plan your nights accordingly. We of course can look forward more than a few new titles including The Hurt Locker, White God (pictured above), and Girl Meets World season 1.

Available August 1

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)

In this animated adventure, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore revel in their new gig at a movie theme park by wandering the grounds after hours. Among the attractions is the spooky Frankenstein’s Castle, where a real mad scientist is bringing the monster to life. But when the boys cross paths with the creature (Frank Welker), they soon learn that appearances can be deceiving, and Frankenstein is more misunderstood than malevolent.

Asylum (2005)

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Marvel is continuing to expand its TV slate, bringing on Oscar-winning writer John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) to develop a new TV series for ABC. Entertainment Weekly reports that the writer's deal involves, "reinventing an existing Marvel superhero character or property for ABC," but it wasn't revealed which character will be the focus of this show. The news comes just one week after we reported that ABC and Marvel are developing a spinoff series for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., even though that program hasn't been officially renewed, although it seems likely.

If the project gets a series order, it will be the third Marvel show to air on ABC, following Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and this year's Marvel's Agent Carter, which hasn't been renewed for a second season yet either. It's possible that either the Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff or this new untitled series could serve as a midseason...

[Editor's Note: This post is presented in partnership with Time Warner Cable Movies On Demand in support of Indie Film Month. Today's pick "Jimi: All Is by My Side" is available now On Demand. This interview was originally published last fall.] John Ridley has been honing his craft for years, apprenticing with John Wells on "Third Watch," through multiple movie scripts ("U-Turn," "Red Tails") and television series ("Barbershop," "Platinum") to his first feature "Cold Around the Heart." He wrote the Oscar-winning script for "12 Years a Slave" as well as his sophomore directing effort, Jimi Hendrix slice-of-life "All Is by My Side," now available to view on video on demand platforms. The Jimi Hendrix estate has been holding up a proper biopic for decades. But one night screenwriter John Ridley (who won the Oscar for his screen adaptation of Solomon Northup's  "12 Years a...

ABC has given a pilot order to a TV project from the screenwriter of the acclaimed film 12 Years a Slave.

The network has greenlit a pilot for American Crime, written by John Ridley (Barbershop), who will also executive produce along with Michael McDonald (Web Therapy). The pilot’s logline isn’t hugely descriptive, but gives some sense of the storyline: “The personal lives of the players involved in a racially charged trial are examined as their worlds are turned upside down.”

12 Years a Slave surprised awards prognosticators by taking home the Golden Globe for best drama series on Sunday.

ABC has put into development American Crime, a racially tinged drama pilot penned by John Ridley, the screenwriter of the critically acclaimed film 12 Years A Slave.

Set in California’s Central Valley, American Crime looks at how a racially charged murder and the subsequent trial are examined through the personal lives of the victims, the accused and their families. As the case takes on greater meaning in the community, it brings to the forefront America’s hardened views on race, class and gender politics.

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Ridley will also serve as an executive producer,...

John Ridley has been honing his craft for years, apprenticing with John Wells on "Third Watch," through multiple movie scripts ("U-Turn," "Red Tails") and television series ("Barbershop," "Platinum") to his first feature "Cold Around the Heart." He wrote the script for Oscar frontrunner "12 Years a Slave" as well as his sophomore directing effort, Jimi Hendrix slice-of-life "All Is by My Side," which was picked up by Open Road after a successful debut at the Toronto Film Festival.   Anne Thompson: "12 Years a Slave" blew me away, and I'm not the only one. What brought you to the film? John Ridley: Five years ago now, "Hunger" was screening at CAA and I was invited to the screening. I'd also given Steve McQueen a manuscript I'd written. I thought "Hunger" was truly a phenomenal film and as a kid I had been interested in Bobby Sands as well. When you're a kid...

• Melissa McCarthy can basically do whatever she wants these days, especially alongside her Bridesmaids and The Heat director Paul Feig. Her latest awesome endeavor? Potentially starring in Susan Cooper, a spy comedy about a James Bond-esque character. McCarthy, of course, would play the female Bond spinoff. According to the report, the project is being developed as a potential franchise and Feig would direct. Scheduling could be an issue, though. McCarthy has multiple projects with her production company On the Day as well as her Mike & Molly commitments. Still, McCarthy as a James Bond-type sounds delightfully promising. [The Wrap]

• James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class...

This year has been amazing for actress Toni Trucks! In 2012 alone, she has starred in Ruby Sparks, alongside Academy award winner Annette Bening, and Antonio Banderas, cast as a new vampire in the Twilight franchise, and most recently she stars as Cyndi Vega in CBS’s Made in Jersey.* Toni’s career floodgates have officially opened, but it took years to get to her overnight success. After her education at University of Michigan’s department of Musical Theater and in London, she began her career in regional theater in New York, Washington, DC, and Baltimore. Soon after, she officially began her TV career as a series regular on Showtime’s Barbershop. She...

British actor Ashley Charles is set to play Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richard in "All Is By My Side," which is a Jimi Hendrix biopic starring Andre 3000 (Four Brothers) and directed by John Ridley ("Barbershop"). The film is currently shooting in Dublin. Hayley Atwell (Captain America) plays Linda Keith, Keith Richards' girlfriend, who discovered Hendrix performing in a nightclub and claimed to have given Hendrix Richards' Fender Stratocaster guitar and his demo of Tim Rose singing "Hey Joe," which became Hendrix's first hit. Meanwhile, Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) has cast the role of Osama Bin Laden in her "Zero Dark Thirty" film, which recounts the killing of the Al-Qaeda leader. At one point it was rumored that Bin Laden will not be shown in the film, but now comes word that British actor Ricky Sekhon is playing him.

Outkast's Andre Benjamin, aka Andre 3000, is developing and set to star in a biopic about legendary guitar player Jimi Hendrix. The film is titled All Is By My Side and is slated to start filming in Ireland later this month. Iftn reports (via FirstShowing) that the story will focus on Hendrix's time in England between 1966 and 1967 when he worked on his debut album, Are You Experienced.

John Ridley is making his feature directing debut. Producing is Tristan Orpen Lynch at Subotica Entertainment, Richard Kelly’s Darko Entertainment, and Britain's Matador Pictures. Ridley penned scripts for Three Kings, Undercover Brother, Barbershop, and Red Tails.

Benjamin has not been on the big screen since 2008, after starring in Be Cool, Four Brothers, Revolver, Idlewild, Battle in Seattle, and Semi-Pro. As a musician, he knows first-hand what it is like to be on stage. That, coupled with his uncanny resemblance to Hendrix, makes him a great casting choice.

Kevin Hart is noticeably short for a guy. He has a standup comedy show called I’m a Grown Little Man for Pete’s sake. At that height it’s either be the jokester or become the joke. Well, Kev’s laughing all right — all the way to the bank. Hart has all but been omitted from lists of comedians on the verge of a huge breakthrough. That may all change with his stellar performance in last weekend’s box office hit, Think Like a Man, which offers him just the type of exposure he needs to reach a larger audience. As Cedric, a bitter divorcee who can’t stop talking about his wife or arguing with her, Hart is knee-slapping funny. And he’s following up that breakthrough role with a small but punch-line-heavy part in this weekend’s big release The Five-Year Engagement.

Hart’s moment hasn’t...

Toni Trucks has landed a role in CBS legal drama pilot Baby Big Shot. The project - from Covert Affairs producer Dana Calvo - will focus on a working-class woman who uses street smarts to compete with her more sophisticated colleagues at a Manhattan law firm. Trucks will play the lead character's friend and secretary, according to TVLine. The actress has previously starred in episodes of House, CSI: NY and short-lived Showtime comedy Barbershop. She is also due to appear in the (more)...

"Tower Heist" star Eddie Murphy, who recently bowed out of the hosting gig for next year's Oscars, is attached to play scandal-plagued former Washington, D.C. mayor Marion Barry in a biopic that's being developed by HBO Films, HBO confirms to TheWrap. Spike Lee will direct the project, while John Ridley (whose resume includes "The Wanda Sykes Show," the "Barbershop" TV series and "Undercover Brother") will write the script. Murphy, Lee and Ridley will all serve as executive producers. The project's source material will include the 1994 book "Dream City" by Washington, D.C.

Elvis Nolasco has joined the cast of HBO.s new series "Da Brick" from Mike Tyson and Spike Lee. Tyson and Lee have teamed with "Entourage" creator and HBO show creator Doug Ellin for the new series . which is set in Newark and based on Tyson's early life growing up in the projects. The pilot was written by John Ridley (writer on "The Wanda Sykes Show", "Third Watch" and "Barbershop" TV series) with Lee set to direct. Nolasco was cast in the role called, "Hector Acevedo aka The Real" - who is a quite menace but dangerous. The actor has appeared in Lee.s Clockers, the futuristic sci-fi short film "White" and as "Jefe' in the film "Low...

" Barbershop " actor Michael Colyar has hired one of  Rodney King 's former lawyers to pursue a discrimination lawsuit against United Airlines ... because he thinks he was kicked off a plane for being black. A rep for Colyar tells TMZ the actor has hired attorney Milton Grimes -- who repped King after the infamous 1991 videotaped police beatdown ... and won a $3.8 million settlement. Colyar claims flight attendants were racially motivated when they kicked him off a United...

The skies were not so friendly to Michael Colyar recently. The veteran African-American actor and comic best known for his stint on the Barbershop TV series just wanted to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride when he boarded a United Airlines flight at Washington D.C.'s Dulles International Airport. Unfortunately, Colyar claims he was booted off the flight after someone played the race card—and it wasn't him. Here's what he said. The funnyman took to the Web to vent about what he claimed was racist behavior on the part of a United crew member. According to Colyar's blog on Facebook, shortly after boarding early as part of United's "Premiere Executive" perk, a flight...

United Airlines is investigating a complaint made by an actor who appeared on the TV show " Barbershop " after he claimed he was kicked off of a flight simply because he was black. Michael Colyar claims he was booted from his flight at Dulles International Airport in Virginia after he refused to allow a flight attendant to move his luggage from the overhead storage bin ... so a white passenger could stow her bag there instead. Colyar...

With his scene-stealing performance in both "The Hangover" films and a reality show about pigeons, Mike Tyson has found new life in the entertainment business. Now, he's making the leap from on-screen to major TV player.

Deadline reports that Tyson and Spike Lee are teaming up with "Entourage" creator and HBO show creator Doug Ellin for a new series based on Tyson's early life growing up in the projects of Newark. It'll follow a young boxer as deals with the trials and tribulations of both his sport and his hometown; the pilot will be written by John Ridley, writer on "The Wanda Sykes Show," "Third Watch" and the "Barbershop" TV series, while Lee will direct.

Lee's next film project is a remake of the Korean thriller "Oldboy," which will star Josh Brolin.

For more, click over to Deadline.

Chicago – Television drama is usually a formulaic proposition but rarely has a show been more blatantly derivative of other programs currently on the air than CBS’s new hospital drama, “Miami Medical,” a bizarre, ineffective hybrid of “CSI: Miami” and “Trauma”. Buried in the ratings nether regions of Friday nights, this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced show might just barely deliver for viewers exhausted after a long week of work, but they’ll have forgotten it by Saturday morning.

Television Rating: 2.0/5.0

Let’s see. “Three Rivers” failed on CBS. If “Trauma” was on any other network than the failing NBC, it would have been cancelled by now. So why should “Miami Medical” be the exception? Well, it is better than the narcoleptic “Three Rivers” and CBS certainly has a more golden touch than the peacock network, but fans of the now-gone “Numb3rs,” which this show replaces on Friday nights, should be angry at this mediocre alternative.

CBS has put a couple more pieces of its midseason schedule in place, giving a Monday home to veteran comedy "Rules of Engagement" and putting its new drama "Miami Medical" on Friday nights.

"Rules of Engagement" will begin its fourth season at 8:30 p.m. Et Monday, March 1, moving into the spot currently held by "Accidentally on Purpose." Jenna Elfman's show will take most of March off, then move to 8:30 on Wednesdays starting March 31. It will take over for "Gary Unmarried," which will have finished its season by then.

"Miami Medical" (formerly called "Miami Trauma") will debut at 10 p.m. Friday, April 2, after "Numb3rs" finishes its season. The latest effort from Jerry Bruckheimer TV stars Jeremy Northam ("The Tudors," "Gosford Park") as the head of a team of surgeons at a South Florida hospital. The cast also includes Lana Parrilla ("24," "Swingtown"), Omar Gooding ("Barbershop"), Elisabeth Harnois ("Point Pleasant...

Director Kevin Tancharoen, who helmed last year's remake of 80s musical hit Fame as his first feature film project, is leaving behind lycra and legwarmers to venture into sci-fi territory.

Will we now see performing arts students dancing in the streets on top of spaceships? Probably not...

He is to make a sci-fi flick called Arcana, which is set up at Rat Entertainment and will be produced by Brett Ratner (director of Red Dragon, X-Men: The Last Stand and the Rush Hour series) and Jay Stern (a producer on Rush Hour 3). Universal will distribute.

Tancharoen (pictured right) told Moviehole: "Arcana is a unique blend of the graphic-novel backdrop - like Blade Runner - and shot like 300, and has a little bit of Warriors mixed in there, with a little bit of martial arts, so it's got a lot of crazy elements in there. It's going to be really cool.

Anthony Hemingway is far from a seasoned director, but a kid just out of film school is more likely to do a better job than George Lucas so it is a good thing he has handed off helming duties of his long gestating Tuskegee Airmen flick to another director. I now have to wonder, after Miracle at St. Anna, will this film actually get right to the point or will there have to be a fake mystery behind the whole thing to lure audiences into the theater? Hopefully not, because this flick really could be good. The film is Red Tails, a WWII action adventure about the Tuskegee Airmen. It revolves around the young pilots who overcame institutional racism in the military to form the Tuskegee Airmen, the fliers who become the first African-American fighter pilots in U.S. military history. Their planes featured the red-painted tails that give the film its title.

Omar Gooding has joined the cast of CBS' drama Can Openers.

Openers, from Sony, stars Lauren Lee Smith as a brain surgeon who fights to survive in the competitive boys club that is the seven-year neurosurgical residency.

Gooding (Showtime's Barbershop) will play Dr. Darryl Childress, a sixth-year resident suffering from burnout. He is repped by Innovative and Michael Fuller.

Desperate Housewives star Page Kennedy has been fired from the hit drama for "improper conduct". Kennedy, who plays fugitive Caleb in the second series of the ABC show, was dropped on Friday after the studio conducted an investigation into allegations against him. Publicist Janet Daily refused to divulge details of the allegations. Kennedy had hoped the show would give him the opportunity of "making a name" for himself and claimed he turned down roles on television programs Barbershop, Pepper Dennis and Love, Inc. to star in the series. Television bosses are recasting the role. Kennedy's final scenes will be aired in the US on Sunday.

MeeVee, the search service designed with couch potatoes in mind, added Showtime Networks to its roster of content partners. The two companies recently announced an integrated marketing campaign to promote Weeds, Barbershop and Showtime Boxing events. Showtime will provide video clips, trailers and other content for use on MeeVee.com. It also will supply the type of metadata MeeVee needs to recommend programs and target advertising messages. Showtime and MeeVee will co-sponsor ads that will run on other Web sites as well. "We've been out there working with strategic partners, including all the major entertainment portals, and we're excited to add MeeVee now," said Robert Hayes, Showtime Networks' senior vp new media. "Even though we get great traffic to Sho.com, we really wanted to push video content and added value content out to where people are looking for it. That's why this is a perfect extension for us."...

Microsoft's MSN has become the latest Internet portal to offer full-length TV programming, teaming with Showtime to stream an online simulcast of the premium channel's upcoming new series Barbershop. The premiere episode will be available free via MSN Video on Sunday at 10 p.m. Additional footage including behind-the-scenes content and clips will be available through the run of the series. Prior to Barbershop, MSN Video only had exhibited brief excerpts of TV programming. MSN's rivals have already made their mark in this arena; Yahoo! simulcasted the Showtime premiere of Fat Actress, and America Online has struck similar arrangements to share programming from WB Network and Bravo.

Showtime is stepping up its scheduling strategy for a pair of new comedy series, rebroadcasting every night from 10-11 p.m. Beginning in August, the half-hours Weeds and Barbershop will get the unprecedented bonus plays to maximize their exposure. "Showtime does not need to drive viewers to one particular night and time slot, so this plan will better satisfy the demands of our customers who tend to live in households with the greatest number of channels available," Greenblatt said.